{"id":1695,"date":"2012-05-09T05:00:17","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2023-05-18T16:25:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T22:25:54","slug":"hebrews-37-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=1695","title":{"rendered":"Hebrews 3:7-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

7<\/sup> Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:\u00a0\u201cToday, if you will hear His voice,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8<\/sup> Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness,<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9<\/sup> Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and saw My works forty years.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10<\/sup> Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, \u2018They always go astray in their heart, and they have not known My ways.\u2019<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11<\/sup> So I swore in My wrath, \u2018They shall not enter My rest.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

The quote is from Psalm 95:7-11<\/span><\/a> \u2014 David wrote it, but the writer attributes it to the Holy Spirit. The original does not contain the conditional “if” \u2014 If<\/span> they will hear His voice, they cannot harden their hearts.<\/h3>\n

harden (v.8) \u2014 the tense indicates an action already happening. They were hardening their hearts and were being told to stop doing it.<\/h3>\n

trial (v.8) = temptation, lit. “put to the test” \u2014 referring to the murmuring of the Israelites against Moses at Rephidim when they had no water (Exodus 17:1-7). The people were testing God by demanding from Him instead of trusting Him.<\/h3>\n

The Greek words translated “tested” and “tried,” are peirazomai <\/em>and dokimazo <\/em>respectively. They are an interesting contrast. Peirazomai <\/em>means “to put to the test to see what good or evil may be in a person.” Dokimazo <\/em>means “to put to the test for the purpose of approving the person if he meets the test.” The Greek here is “put Me to the test to see what evil or good there is in Me when they put Me to the test for the purpose of approving me should I meet the test.” What crass unbelief is shown in such a procedure. What an insult it flings into the face of an all-loving, all-powerful God. \u2014 Wuest, page 75.<\/span><\/h3>\n

forty years (v.9) \u2014 joined to “I was angry” (v.10) in the original punctuation<\/h3>\n

angry (v.10) = to be displeased with, be disgusted, repudiate<\/h3>\n

go astray (v.10) = be led aside from the right way<\/h3>\n

known (v.10) = knowledge gained by experience \u2014 Israel didn’t have this.<\/h3>\n

My ways (v.10) \u2014 the way God works, the way He declares Himself and exhibits His character<\/h3>\n

rest (v.11) \u2014 permanent rest \u2014 refers to the promised kingdom<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says:\u00a0\u201cToday, if you will hear His voice, 8 Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of trial in the wilderness, 9 Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, and … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-verse-study-hebrews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7821,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions\/7821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}